%0 Journal Article
%T Modeling Populations of Thermostatic Loads with Switching Rate Actuation
%A Luminita Cristiana Totu
%A Rafael Wisniewski
%A John Leth
%J Computer Science
%D 2014
%I arXiv
%R 10.4204/EPTCS.174.2
%X We model thermostatic devices using a stochastic hybrid description, and introduce an external actuation mechanism that creates random switch events in the discrete dynamics. We then conjecture the form of the Fokker-Planck equation and successfully verify it numerically using Monte Carlo simulations. The actuation mechanism and subsequent modeling result are relevant for power system operation.
%U http://arxiv.org/abs/1411.2864v2